]]>By: John Zaleskihttps://blogs.cisco.com/healthcare/medical-devices-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-just-a-matter-of-time-literally#comment-257104
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:37:11 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=42014#comment-257104Good piece, Stu. A key point is that data and time synchronization really needs to be encapsulated at the patient level. All devices associated with a given patient must be communicated in accord with a common time associated with each patient care device–like a vector. NTP is certainly necessary, but it is the alignment of the queries and the results that are essential for clinical documentation and research.